Promising Young Woman has notched up another big win today from the San Diego Film Critics Society, with Emerald Fennell’s debut feature receiving their prize for Best Picture. The drama also received the award for Best Actress for Carey Mulligan’s performance, and a runner-up slot for Fennell’s original screenplay.
Other big wins from the SDFCS included Chloé Zhao adding yet another Best Director award to her mantle for Nomadland. Does anyone have a shot at beating her for the win at the Oscars in April? It’s looking like a tough hill to climb. Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci continue their streak of picking up dual wins in the acting categories for Sound of Metal, earning the wins for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. The critics group also awarded a special Body of Work prize to Steve McQueen for his accomplishment with the entirety of his Small Axe series of films.
For the full list of winners and runner-ups from the SDFCS, see below:
BEST PICTURE
Winner: Promising Young Woman
Runner-up: Sound of Metal
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Runner-up: Anthony Hopkins, The Father
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Runner-up: Frances McDormand, Nomadland
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Runner-up: Peter Macdissi, Uncle Frank
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Runner-up: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Winner: Radha Black, The Forty-Year-Old Version
Runner-up (tie): Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Runner-up (tie): Bill Muray, On the Rocks
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Runner-up (tie): Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Runner-up (tie): Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance, Sound of Metal
Runner-up (tie): Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, The Father
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Endings Things
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Time
Runner-up: The Social Dilemma
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: Wolfwalkers
Runner-up: Over the Moon
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Winner: The Life Ahead
Runner-up: The Platform
BEST EDITING
Winner: Andy Canny, The Invisible Man
Runner-up: Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Runner-up: Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: Donald Graham Burt, Mank
Runner-up (tie): Molly Luges, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Runner-up (tie): Shane Valentino, The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Winner: Tenet
Runner-up: The Invisible Man
BEST COSTUMES
Winner: Alexandra Byrne, Emma
Runner-up: Erin Benach, Birds of Prey
BEST USE OF MUSIC
Winner: Hamilton
Runner-up (tie): David Byrne’s American Utopia
Runner-up (tie): Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: One Night in Miami
Runner-up: The Trial of the Chicago 7
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Winner: Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version
Runner-up: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
BODY OF WORK
Steve McQueen, The Small Axe film series (Mangrove, Lovers Rock, Red White and Blue, Alex Wheatle, Education)
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